The $15,203,000,000,000,000 Phone Bill

[Serpo]

A woman in France received a huge phone bill after calling her phone company to end her contract. She was asked to pay €11,721,000,000,000,000 ($15,203,000,000,000,000) by Bouygues Telecom. When she questioned the bill she was told she could pay it off in installments.

http://www.bloomberg.com/video/the-15-203-000-000-000-000-phone-bill-cAX95VyrTd~edsgpl8x4SA.html

[vacuum]

Guess she should have read the fine print before signing the contract.

[Neuro]

If the phone company doesn't manage to recover a substantial part of the debt the woman has to the company. It will go bankrupt. Cause even though they haven't received payment, they must file the invoiced sum as an income, and pay tax on the profit, VAT etc.